'In respect of the regulations, the Secretary of State shall be required to make regular reports to Parliament on the security of the civil nuclear industry, on each occasion as regulations are made, and on a cycle of no more than six months since the last regulations have been made.'.

Andrew Bennett

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*Clause 93, page 53, line 31, leave out lines 31 to 33 and insert

'(a) incidents involving serious violence may take place in any locality in his area, and'.

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

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Clause 93, page 54, line 29, at end insert

'(11) This section does not extend to Scotland.'.

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

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Clause 93, page 54, line 32, leave out subsection (3).

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Clause 94, page 56, line 6, at beginning insert 'an offence under'.

Mr Chris Mullin
Mr Jim Cousins

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Clause 97, page 59, line 18, after 'offence', insert 'involving the use or threat of violence against any person'.

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

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Schedule 7, page 108, line 21, at end insert

'Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77)

1The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 has effect subject to the following amendments. 2(1)Section 11 (aid of one police force by another) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2), for "Secretary of State" substitute "appropriate Minister or Ministers" and after "he" insert "or they".

"(5) If it appears to the Scottish Ministers that an agreement should be made for the purposes specified in subsection (1), (2) or (4) of this section, they may, after considering any representations made by the parties concerned, direct those parties to enter into such agreement for that purpose as may be specified in the directions.

(6) For the purposes of this section

(a) the British Transport Police Force shall be treated as if it were a police force;

(b) "police functions" shall include the functions of the British Transport Police Force;

(c) the British Transport Police Committee shall be treated as if it were the police authority maintaining that Force for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) of this section; and the Strategic Rail Authority shall be so treated for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section; and

(d) "police area", in relation to the British Transport Police Force and the British Transport Police Committee, means those places where members of the British Transport Police Force have the powers, protection and privileges of a constable under section 53(4) of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix).

(7) In relation to agreements relating to the British Transport Police Force, any determination under subsection (3) shall be made, and any directions under subsection (5) shall be given, by the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State, acting jointly."

(a) "constable" includes a member of the British Transport Police Force, and

(b) any reference to "police" includes a reference to that force."

(3) In subsection (3), after "police authority" insert "or by the British Transport Police Committee".

(4) After that subsection insert

"(4) In its application to articles of British Transport Police Force uniform, subsection (1)(b) has effect as if for the words "without the permission of the police authority for the police area in which he is" were substituted the words "in circumstances where it gives him an appearance so nearly resembling that of a constable as to be calculated to deceive".

7 In section 51 (interpretation), after the definition of "amalgamation scheme" insert

""British Transport Police Force" means the constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix);".'.

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

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Schedule 7, page 109, line 38, leave out from '(11)' to end of line 42 and insert

'(a) before the definition of "dangerous instruments" insert

""British Transport Police Force" means the constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix)", and

(b) after the definition of "offensive weapon" insert

""policed premises", in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given by section 53(3) of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix) and, in relation to Scotland, means those places where members of the British Transport Police Force have the powers, protection and privileges of a constable under section 53(4)(a) of that Act (as it relates to Scotland).".'.

Mr Chris Mullin
Mr Jim Cousins

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Schedule 7, page 111, line 4, at end insert

'17A. In section 54(2) (appointment and functions of the inspectors of constabulary), for "the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad", substitute

"(a) the National Criminal Intelligence Service

(b) the National Crime Squad; and

(c) the Ministry of Defence police, but only in relation to their jurisdiction under section 2(3A) to (3C) of the Ministry of Defence Act 1987 (c.4).".

17B. In section 55 (publication of reports), for "the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime Squad" substitute "the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the National Crime Squad or the Ministry of Defence police (but only in relation to their jurisdiction under section 2(3A) to (3C) of the Ministry of Defence Act 1987 (c.4)).".'.